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The Climate Is Changing in Ways Models Couldn’t Predict

November 13, 2026 · 17 min

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COP31 aims to set new goals to bring down emissions as a record-breaking El Niño threatens extreme heat, major disasters and trillions of dollars of lost economic growth.

On today’s Big Take podcast, climate reporter Laura Millan tells host Sarah Holder that part of the problem is that climate change is happening faster than models predicted — and in ways they couldn’t account for.

Read more: Trillions Hinge on a Future That Eludes Climate Models

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Host: Sarah Holder; Guests: Laura Millan; Produced by Julia Press; Edited by Tracey Samuelson, Naomi Shavin; Engineering by Greg Tock.

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